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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m not really a romance novel reader, but I’m in the mood😏. So, any recommendations for a book that involves 40+ romance that’s not all about sleaze?

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Mother Earth is choking. BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron & Shell caused $28 TRILLION in climate damage since 1990. Their 2023 reward? $105 BILLION in profits while expanding fossil fuels. Accountability NOW. Not excuses. Be FIRST to Like, Comment, Share

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🌱So I had a decent harvest of carrots. Cut into carrot sticks and enjoyed with Mediterranean style hummus. The baby potatoes…not so decent🤭.

Three baby carrots and six regular ones.

Holding two baby potatoes in hand covered with dirt.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We should be putting pressure on all the capitalists. Why are folks still using META or Amazon, and that God forsaken Twitter? We’re not serious😒

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I know many of us have already cancelled certain streaming platforms and online/delivery services. What if everyone did it? Just like a No-Kings Day, have a Cancellation Day. Cancel Prime, Meta, Google, and all Ellison family owned platforms (if you can). I recognize some are needed for work.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Finally getting around to my TBR stack. First up in 2026, Gate to Kagoshima, by Poppy Kuroki. Already nine chapters in. Really enjoying it.

Cover of ‘Gate to Kagoshima’ has a female samurai in front of a sunset. Cherry blossoms surrounding her.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

@hbcugameday.bsky.social Congratulations SC State and Ryan Stubblefield.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Thank you to whomever purchased these two books from my 50th birthday wishlist. Had me texting friends and family, playing ‘Guess the Giver’ when I realized it must be from a wonderful stranger here. Thank you! I’m truly grateful 😊

Two books sitting on white chair. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward and Gate to Kagoshima by Poppy Kuroki.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Joy, truth, and knowledge. IYKYK

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Have y’all noticed that the cover of all James Patterson’s books has someone running away?🤔 #booksky #blackbooksky

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Only ten more days to go🎉! Help this bibliophile celebrate her 50th birthday, while supporting a small bookstore. I need to bury my head in books to maintain my sanity for the next three and a half years😩😩. bookshop.org/wishlists/5c...

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VirgoBlue’s Wishlist 2025

Bookshop.org Custom Registry

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

It’s my birthday month!🎉 Celebrating my 50th by expanding my home library collection. If you’d like to contribute, see the link below😊.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

In the mighty name of Jesus, I pray against racial gerrymandering, against the Republican agenda, and against hatred and ignorance. I call on the name of the table-flipping, radical revolutionary Jesus. Amen!!

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Am I the only #blackbooksky reader that’s not a huge fan of romance novels😞? I mean, I read them, but it’s not my favorite genre.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Quote with your top 4 favorite reads this far in the year! WITH ALT TEXT. #blackbooksky #booksky #diversebooksky I absolutely loved The Reformatory. The Pumpkin Spice Café was the first romance novel I’d read so I had to read another (Blueberry Lane). I felt every emotion in Someone Knows my Name.

The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore. Cover has illustration of a small cafe with a white cat propping the door opened. Pumpkins decorate the ground and a table set for two sits in front.

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. Cover is a gloomy photo of a small shack-like home with tall trees behind it.

Someone Knows my Name by Lawrence Hill. Cover has a foggy photo of a young girl standing on a hill.

The House on Blueberry Lane by Brenda Jackson. Cover has photo of two blue rocking chairs with white cushions in front of a whitish-blue house.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

#booksky #blackbooksky Ok, I’ve never done this before and actually feel kinda weird doing it😕. My birthday is less than a month away and I’ve created a wishlist. If you feel moved to contribute to my home library… bookshop.org/wishlists/5c...

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VirgoBlue’s Wishlist 2025

Bookshop.org Custom Registry

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

B & N had a 3 for $25 sale on select romance novels. I’m not a big romance reader, but I couldn’t resist a sale. Currently reading other things so it’ll be a while before I get to one of these. #blackbooksky #booksky

Photo of 3 novels: Love Unwritten by Lauren Asher (pink cover w/ illustrated postcards); The Missus by E L James (two swans standing in shallow water); King Makers Year Four by Sophie Lark (gloomy green hallway)

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 20/20☑️🎉 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Photo of a male floating in water.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Is it just me or does anyone else find it hard to read ebooks? I mean, staring at that screen, feeling like I’m making little progress. I’m trying, but I think I’m a true bibliophile. I need to hold the book, turn the pages, and even smell it (new books only🤭). #blackbooksky #booksky

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 19/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson. Photo of young girl sitting on a stone wall, under a brick/stone arch.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 18/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. Photo of buffalo on cover.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 17/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. Illustration of a bare tree in water. Teal and black colored swirls at top.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 16/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

She Who Knows, by Nnedi Okorafor. Female looking downward and on the back of her head appears to be a mask of some sort.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I just finished the audiobook of this novel and it was THE BEST. From the first word to the last, I was captivated. #booksky #blackbooksky

Cover of Someone Knows my Name, by Lawrence Hill. Photo of girl standing on a hill.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 15/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of Good Dirt, by Charmaine Wilkerson. A clay pitcher/pot with handles on either side and a large crack down the middle.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 14/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of, We Live Here Now, by Sarah Pinborough. Photo of a house near a lake. Birds are circling above the home.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers.13/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of Burn Down Master’s House, by Clay Cane. A drawing of flames surrounding a mansion.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 12/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of, The Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict and Victoria Murray. Female in red dress holding books while standing on a staircase.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 11/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of, The Covenant of Water, by Abraham Verghese. Female sitting at the bank of a lake. Tall grass and trees in background.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 10/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of, Brushed by You, by M.K. Morris.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 9/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of the novel, Dream Count, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 8/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World, by Laura Imai Messina.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 7/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of the novel, Lone Women, by Victor LaValle.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 6/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Cover of the book, The Salt Eaters, by Toni Cade Bambara.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 5/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Photo of novel, The Canopy Keepers, by Veronica G. Henry

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 4/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Picture of the book, The Poppy War, book one, by R.F. Kuang.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 3/20 #20dayTBRchallenge #blackbooksky #booksky

Photo of the novel, The Barn, by Wright Thompson.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 2/20 #booksky #blackbooksky

Picture of novel, Razorblade Tears, by S. A. Cosby.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I haven’t done well with fantasy in the past, but I’m hoping this will change things.

A picture of the book, The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin.

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sapphire blue @virgoblue.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 1/20

Book cover pictures a dim background of naked trees with a streak of red paint from top to bottom.

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